Photograph: Hamish McIntosh
Now on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)!
Excited to see at the MCA my artworks Woven Water – Submarine Landscape I (2003), Butterfly Drawing – Morpho didius III (Peru) (2004) and Butterfly Drawing – Morpho didius III (Peru) (2004).
Thanks to the MCA and curator Manya Sellers!
“The species, Linckia laevigata, is endemic to the Indo-Pacific region and distributed globally as souvenirs for the tourist market. Cardoso sourcedthe starfish while living in San Francisco in the mid-1990s. In this work she presents the constellation of aquatic animals outside of their natural habitat. Dried and bleached in the foreign element of air, their ghostly white form alludes to the degradation of marine environments due to human activity and climate change.
Displayed alongside Cardoso’s installation is a selection of the artist’s butterfly drawings, featuring the insect’s delicate wings arranged
in mandala-like patterns. Underpinning these works is a system of geometry and repetition. Like Cardoso’s installation, the drawings invite
us to look more closely and reflect on our complex relationship to the natural world.”
Photograph: Hamish McIntosh
About Woven Water:
Woven Water – Submarine Landscape I was previously exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2004 and now part of the MCA Collection.
More information about the artwork here.
Photograph: Hamish McIntosh
About Butterfly Drawings:
The Butterfly Drawings, begun in the mid-nineties, have many visual references: decorative patterns in pre-Columbian pottery, geometric and optic art, psychedelia, etc. It consists of wings of different species of butterflies, generally organized around a circular axis of symmetry.
More information about the series here.
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